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Two years and three days ago, ESPN.com previewed the imminent 2011 baseball season. Of the 40 in-house experts the site surveyed, 25 of them picked the Rockies to make the playoffs, and one intrepid prognosticator thought the Blake Street Bombers would win it all.I don't need to remind you, they...

First, the good news: On Wednesday night, the Rockies scored five runs in the ninth inning to beat Team USA 8-7 in an Arizona exhibition game. Unfortunately, the rally was at the expense of two of Colorado's minor league pitchers that the Rockies loaned Team USA to finish out the game.The lesson?...